N’ganj gas line explosion: Death toll rises to 3

The death toll from the gas line explosion that occurred on Saturday night in Araihazar upazila, Narayanganj, has risen to three.

Sohan, 45, another victim of the fire, breathed his last at Sheikh Hasina National Burn and plastic surgery institute around 2:30am on Sunday (September 24).

Md Tarikul Islam, a residential doctor of burn and plastic surgery unit of the hospital said the victim had 100 percent burn injuries. Another patient named Hasina Mamtaz is in critical condition.

Earlier, Two women, who suffered burn injuries in a gas line explosion at a house in the upazila on friday, succumbed to their injuries at Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in the capital on Saturday (September 23).